I hesitate to make a list,
Of all the countless deals I’ve missed.
Bonanzas that were in my grip,
I’ve watched them through my fingers slip.
The windfalls I should have bought,
Were lost because I over thought.
I thought of this, I thought of that,
I could have sworn I smelled a rat.
And while I thought things over twice,
Another grabbed them at the price.
It seems I always hesitate,
And make my mind up much too late.
A very cautious man am I,
And that is why I never buy.
At times a tear drops down my eye,
For deals I had and did not buy.
And now life’s saddest words I pen,
If Only I’d Invested Then!